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| Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Limited |
| State-of-the-art research centre inaugurated |
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| K S Narayanan, Chairman Emeritus, the Sanmar
group, inaugurating the Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Research
Centre. |
| Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Limited
(SSCL) has established a state-of-the-art research centre,
at Perungudi, Chennai. The Sanmar Speciality Chemicals
Research Centre (SSCRC), was inaugurated by K S Narayanan,
Chairman Emeritus, the Sanmar group, at a function organised
on June 21, 2002. The laboratories were inaugurated by
N Sankar, Chairman, the Sanmar group. A highlight of the
function was a presentation of the activities of SSCRC
by Dr R S Subramanian. |
| In keeping with SSCL’s policy of letting
action speak louder than words, the inauguration was a
quiet affair, essentially a gathering of the Sanmar family
and very close associates. No publicity was sought for
the event but the building housing the SSCL headquarters
and research centre provided an impressive spectacle,
standing majestically tall and white, its gleaming glass
frontage proclaiming its readiness to do business with
the best in the field. |
| In its just-over-a-decade long existence,
SSCL has repeatedly proved its capacity for innovation
and flexibility, qualities that have made it competitive
in a rapidly changing global environment. Earlier issues
of Matrix have featured its several initiatives to attain
a global stature; the high quality and commitment of its
personnel; its abiding concern for the environment as
expressed by its afforestation efforts; its repeated successes
in obtaining quality certification and winning awards;
the spirit of social service with which its men swung
into action not very long ago, to avert what could have
been a tragedy caused by the negligence of a business
enterprise. |
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| Every milestone that SSCL has reached
has reflected the company’s ability to dream and translate
its dreams into reality. The inauguration of SSCRC has
been one such milestone, in the ambitious journey SSCL
has undertaken, to be a globally acclaimed enterprise
within the next decade. |
| SSCRC will carry out research as a business,
catering to the research needs of its customers. Contract
research and custom synthesis will be the main activities
of this research centre, which will be employing 30 scientists
in its first phase. The facilities include research laboratories,
analytical laboratories, a scale-up facility and a utility
bank comprising essential utilities like a hot oil boiler
and a chilling unit. |
| The Sanmar Speciality Chemicals head
office also functions now from the same building. |
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| The SSCL team at the threshold of a new
phase in the life of the company. |
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| K S Narayanan unveils a commemorative plaque. |
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| SSCL, Berigai gets ISO 14001 for EMS
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| The Environmental Management System
(EMS) at Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Limited (SSCL), Berigai,
was recommended for certification to ISO 14001. TUV India,
the subsidiary of RWTUV, Germany, completed a two-day
audit of the Berigai plant on the 15th and 16th of July,
2002, and confirmed compliance of the EMS with ISO 14001
standards. |
| The key features of the EMS include: |
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Maintaining a comprehensive register
of all environmental aspects and their significant impacts. |
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Conformance to and compliance with legal
and statutory requirements. |
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Conducting environmental management
programmes. |
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Exercising operational controls. |
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Emergency preparedness and response.
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Monitoring and measurement of environmental
parameters |
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